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Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta
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Neighborhood: Downtown
275 Centennial Olympic Park Dr NW
Atlanta, GA 30313
(404) 659-5437
275 Centennial Olympic Park Dr NW
Atlanta, GA 30313
(404) 659-5437
- Nearest Transit:
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Civic Center (North-South, Northeast-South, East-West, Proctor Creek)
- Hours:
Mon-Fri. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sat-Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
9 reviews for Imagine It! The Children's Museum of Atlanta
I was invited to a birthday party and it was the best one I have attened. Well organized and the kids ranging from 1-6 year olds were having a great time. The parents were able to chat while the kids played. Great place for a party!
I'm thinking of doing my son's fourth birthday in 2010.
For the money, this is a great place to take your kids- especially if you are visiting Atlanta. They can just play and be kids. My 17 month old loved to be able touch and interact with everything... which is not always possible in a hotel. Very friendly staff.
My 18 month old son LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this place! My only complaint is that it could be bigger, but for $11 it was a great deal.
They had tons of cool stations. My son could have spent 30 minutes at the train station alone! At the front there is a big system of tubes and tunnels that you send balls through. We could have spent an hour there. In addition they have reading areas, paint areas, moon sand, a make believe medieval village and more. Every area has things for the kids to touch and play with. You can dress up like a farmer and pick plastic veggies. You can ship, stock and buy play food for your house. You (well, your kid) can sit on a John Deere tractor and go down a slide that looks like a giant banana. There is a pond area where you can "fish". It was great and we loved it.
One thing I didn't love was the low clearance and lack of padding on some of the elements. I nearly knocked myself out when I ducked to miss one low bridge only to knock my noggin on another, hidden, low bridge. There were also a few bus loads of kids that would occasionally rampage through and ravage an area. There were plenty of staff on hand to help and explain things for the kiddies. If I lived in the area I would definitely get one of their repeat passes.
This place is smaller than it looks from the outside. Not to mention, admission is a bit expensive for what they have there.
The grocery shopping area is clean enough, but there's always plastic corn or milk cartons lying around the floor. The staff is always standing around talking to one another. I understand that it's our children who play with their property, but it IS the staff's job to make sure the place is clean for customers. Every couple of months, they have some kind of exhibit or visitor of some sort. And that's always fun!
It's been a while since I've stepped foot into this museum. I really wish I could throw in some ideas to spiff up the place. But unfortunately, that's not my job.
Overall, this is a fun place for children to spend hours playing right before taking a nap. I always park a block away and my ticket always gets validated. I would recommend parents to take their children to Imagine It. And if you're not satisfied, there's always the Georgia Aquarium across the street.
If you've never been you'll probably think this spot is just right for kids - and hey, it is pretty cool, but after a few trips you'll probably have one or more of the following revelations:
- Did I (read: adult) just pay $11 to watch my kid play?
- How many other kids have licked that fake corn today? I wonder if they wash the hundreds of pieces of fake food each day?
- Man these kids don't care about reading no placards.
- I'm glad that ain't my kid.
- Oh my god, that is my kid.
But seriously, watch out for massive groups of school kids during the week. Also, you'd better get there the very first day of any new exhibits or expect to have a disappointing experience when you show up and things are missing, broken, or perpetually out of order. But, your kids won't care as they will be elbow deep in water, paint or moon sand, not hell-bent on carefully reading information about plant germination or whatever else "educational" has been concocted to convince parents that they are enriching their children, instead of simply unleashing them in a safe environment for some sloppy fun.
We love this place. We have a season pass, so I don't mind popping in for only an hour. Both boys have a blast (17 mths and 3 years), but it is a little difficult to keep up with them both when I am alone since it is fairly spread out and not really sectioned off. The size is perfect for preschoolers, but I could see it getting kind of old for school aged children. None of the traveling exhibits have really impressed my guys, but they could both spend hours in the ball section. It is a perfect rainy day activity.
My only complaint is the hours. They close very early! As a working mom, we can mostly only go on the weekends, so we go first thing in the morning or an hour or so before they close to hit it at the least crowded times.
I would love to play here myself. They have a fabulous fundraiser event in the winter. We missed it this past year, but hope to be able to attend in the future!
This is a nice spot to spend a few hours with the kids. I would say it's for smaller kids - 6 and under would be the perfect age. However, our 7 and 8 year olds had fun too.
We got in free because we have a reciprocal membership with our local children's museum, so it was definitely worth it.
Um, so...a group of my friends decided we had to borrow someone's kid so we could get in to CMA - AND IT WAS SO TOTALLY WORTH IT!
I wish this place had been around for me to check out when I was a little kid, because it is seriously fun. The staff pays extra-special attention to making sure your visit is as fun-filled and adventure-packed as it can possibly be. Right now they've got all kinds of Sesame Street madness going on, and being that I am a true child of the 80's - I was feeling incredibly nostalgic while inspecting the exhibits.
CMA has regularly scheduled performances, hands-on art projects, cool sets that you can explore, playgrounds to go psycho-crazy on (and rest assured, our "borrowed" children wore themselves OUT), and even a great reading program to bring members back in after they feel they've explored everything to the fullest extent.
A very fun afternoon - take your kids, cousins, nieces, nephews, step-siblings - whoever! It just isn't fair that adults aren't allowed to have this much fun without a child to supervise.
Much smaller than expected. Cost: $11.00 a person. Parking is convenient, $5.00 for approximately 2 hours. Closes early. Word is the Memphis Children's musem is much better and Chicago's is the best!
